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  • Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill
    June 6, 2012 - The House Energy and Water Development appropriations bill provides $32.09 billion in discretionary budget authority, $87.5 million, or 0.3 percent, above the enacted FY 2012 levels and $965 million below the president's request, a 2.9 percent decrease. The bill includes $26.1 billion for the Depar... More
  • House Budget Committee Hearing: The Congressional Budget Office’s Long-Term Budget Outlook
    June 6, 2012 - Welcome all to the House Budget Committee. The purpose of this hearing is to review the Long-Term Budget Outlook, and unpack the fiscal and economic challenges facing our nation. We are joined today by Doug Elmendorf, Director of the Congressional Budget Office. I want to thank you for testifying to... More
  • CBO Report: Danger Ahead Unless America Charts New Course
    June 5, 2012 - WASHINGTON – Earlier today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued the latest update of The Long-Term Budget Outlook. This report outlines a bleak fiscal and economic future, and underscores the painful consequences for American families should policymakers fail to advance fiscally responsible... More
  • House Budget Committee Hearing: Removing the Barriers to Free Enterprise and Economic Growth
    June 1, 2012 - Chairman Paul Ryan – Opening Remarks, As Prepared for Delivery Welcome all to the House Budget Committee for this hearing on one of the key threats posed to our free enterprise system: the growing cronyism in Washington and government-imposed barriers to upward mobility. While we’re dealing with tou... More
  • Paul Ryan on the Need to Combat Cronyism and Promote Upward Mobility
    June 1, 2012 - Following another dismal jobs report, the House Budget Committee held a hearing this morning on cronyism and the government-imposed barriers to economic growth and upward mobility. Throughout this morning’s hearing, Chairman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, former Governor Jeb Bush of Florida, and members of... More
  • House Budget Committee Hearing: The Broken Budget Process: Legislative Proposals
    May 31, 2012 - Welcome all to the House Budget Committee. The purpose of today’s hearing is to examine the need to restore responsibility and accountability to how Washington spends taxpayers’ hard-earned dollars. The breakdown of responsible budgeting is clear: out-of-control government spending; four consecutive... More
  • Chairmen Hensarling and Ryan: Troops and Taxpayers Deserve Answers from White House
    May 31, 2012 - House Republican Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) today introduced the Sequestration Transparency Act, a bill to require President Obama to submit a report to Congress detailing how his administration plans to implement the budget sequest... More
  • Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Bill
    May 31, 2012 - The House Military Construction and Veterans Affairs appropriations bill provides $71.7 billion in discretionary budget authority which is the same amount of funding provided in FY 2012 and is slightly below the President’s FY 2013 request and Senate reported levels. The bill includes $10.6 billion ... More
  • Chairman Ryan on the Clarifying Choice Offered by U.S. Senate’s Budget Failures
    May 16, 2012 - Washington – On the 1,113th day since Senate Democrats last passed a budget, the U.S. Senate considered a series of budget resolutions, none authored or supported by a single Senate Democrat. The national debt has eclipsed the size of the entire U.S. economy, yet the Democrat-controlled Senate has f... More
  • Ryan on Passage of Responsible Deficit Reduction Package
    May 10, 2012 - WASHINGTON – Earlier today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 5652, the Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012, a package of reforms aimed to avert across-the-board cuts to our armed forces and key priorities, reduce the deficit, and foster a better environment for job creation... More